Saturday, September 29, 2012

In the
post-Communist, contemporary world, Islam is considered the potential threat
and rival to the designs of the imperial West and its grand strategy of
dominating the world. For, Islam is the world’s fastest growing religion with a
population of around 2 Billion and counting. Indeed, every fourth person on the
face of the Planet is a Muslim and over 50 countries have a predominant Muslim presence.
The world’s most strategic energy resources- oil, natural gas and other petroleum
products- are located in the Muslim lands of West Asia and Central Asia. With
this kind of huge natural advantages, the Muslim nations can and should be able
to control the world and its destiny in material terms.Yet, that is not happening. How do we explain this irony of Muslim fortunes and what is the way out for the Ummah?

The imperial
powers of the Occident know their game well. The strategic containment of
Muslim nations is thus sought to be achieved through military domination, economic
subjugation and political division of the Muslim nations and peoples. Yet, for
winning the war of public legitimacy, this agenda of imperial strategy shall
have to be camouflaged. For implementing this grand strategy, the language of
public articulation and diplomatic positioning comes in handy for imperialism and
its strategic deceptions. For instance, while perpetrating ‘‘State Terror’’ against the Muslim
Ummah in Palestine, Iraq
and Afghanistan, these western powers claim they are waging “war on Terror”! [Inset: Front cover of "Covering Islam"- Prof Edward W. Said's classic study on media perceptions and projections on issues concerning Muslims and Islam in the US].

In his Friday
Sermon of 28 September 2012, the
Khalifatullah Hadhrat Munir Ahmad Azim Sahib (atba) of Mauritius profoundly reflected upon
this theme. Drawing upon Qur’anic verses, the Khalifatullah (atba) asserts that the Islamic ethics and values shall win over
all other ideological rivals and belief systems. For the benefit of Muslims,
the Divine Messenger also mentions a prayer revealed and taught by Allah the
Most High to recite in these troubled times for Islam and Muslims.

Read the Extracts from the Friday Sermon:

“And never will
Allah give the disbelievers over the believers a way (to overcome them).” (4:142)

Friday, September 28, 2012

Evil elements in societyseek to extinguish the light of
Allah and trample upon the fair name and basic teachings of
the true religion, the Sahih Al Islamand to
revile the father of Muslims. The inflammatory anti-Islam film in the United States-- entitled "Innocence of Muslims" on its 14-minuteYouTube trailer -- was such
an attempt. The film was produced by a religious group calledMedia for
Christ. Sam Bacile, the man apparently behind the film is a US-based
Egyptian Copt and fraudster who may also have violated his parole. And the film was reportedly directed by a pornographerAlan Roberts.

The soldier
of Islam of our times Hadhrat Munir Ahmad Azim Sahib (atba) of Mauritius, has now
decided to confront these elements in a duel of prayers [Mubahila] through
a special speech made onSeptember 17, 2012.Instead of hiding behind the
facade of fraudulent methods and virtual space, let these elements,- if they
have any spine, that is- come to the open space and battle it with the ‘sword’ of Muhammad (sa)-the armament of prayers and supplication to
the Lord Almighty.[Inset: Zulfiqar- thebifurcated
swordof Prophet Muhammad
(sa). Hadhrat Ali (ra) who inherited it from the Holy Prophet (sa), went on to
become the Fourth Khalifa of Islam and the sword is famous in Islamic history
as the Sword of Ali].

Read the Extracts from the
Invitation for Duel of Prayer:

In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the
Merciful

INVITATION
TO DUEL OF PRAYER TO MEDIA FOR CHRIST, PASTOR TERRY JONES, STEVE KLEIN, ALAN
ROBERTS AND NAKOULA BASSELEY NAKOULA (ALIAS “SAM BACILE”), AND ALL THE HIDDEN
PEOPLE BEHIND THE PRODUCTION OF THE ANTI-ISLAM FILM ENTITLED “THE INNOCENCE OF MUSLIMS”

As God Almighty said in the Holy Quran (Al-Imran Chapter 3 Verse 62):

“If anyone argues with you, despite the knowledge you have received, then
say, “Let us summon our children and your children, our women and your women,
ourselves and yourselves, then let us invoke Allah’s curse upon the liars.”

MUNIR AHMAD
AZIMof
Mauritiuschallenges Media for Christ, Pastor Terry Jones, Steve
Klein, Alan Roberts and Nakoula Basseley
Nakoula (alias “Sam Bacile”), and all the hidden people who are behind the
production of the Anti-Islam film entitled “The Innocence of Muslims”, and
therefore tarnished the honour and image of Islam and the Holy Prophet Muhammad
(pbuh).

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

For the Western Orientalists and their
intellectual progenies, in the post- Communist era, Islam is the quintessential
‘Other’- the evil enemy that does not share their values of ‘freedom’ and
‘liberty’. The ‘West’, in this narrative, represents all that is ‘liberal’,
‘progressive’ and ‘modern’, in that order. Correspondingly, Islam is deemed the
negation of all that ‘civilization’ and ‘culture’ stands for. Under this skewed
logic and perverted reading of history and blatant distortion of the lived
experiences of people, a political and cultural climate is created that incites
the lampooning of the sacred symbols of Islam.

Thus,anyone who abuses the religion of Islam or
vilifies the father of Muslims automatically and instantaneously becomes a
champion of free speech and liberty! Muslims who oppose such characterizations
and resist these representations would be branded intolerant and worse. In
short, anti-Islam hate speech and the vilification of Holy Prophet (sa) would
be mere expressions of freedom of speech and intellectual liberty and those who
oppose such elements are projected the real trouble-makers! [Inset: A protest march in Cairo against the recent anti-Islam Film].

In a special speech
on September 17, 2012, the Messenger of Allah and Khalifa of Islam Hadhrat Munir
Ahmad Azim Sahib (atba) of Mauritius took note of the disturbingly, deviant
social trends in the western world which incites the vilification of the noble
character of the Holy Prophet (sa). The Khalifatullah (atba) took serious note
of these contemporary trends where Muslims and their sacred symbols are treated
as “doormats...to
rub their dirty feet...” and warned the anti-Islam elements and hate-mongers
against what they are sowing.

Read the Extracts from the
Speech:

And if Allah were to punish people for what they do, He would
not leave upon the earth any creature; but He grants them respite until an
appointed term. And when their time comes, then Allah has all His servants ever
under (His) sight. (Fatir 35: 46)

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Islam, as taught by the
Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa), validates the universality of spiritual experience
and recognizes the fact that all communities in the past were recipients of Divine
favour through the raising of spiritually awakened souls among them.Reflecting upon the profound impact of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa)
on the history of spirituality, theKhalifatullah
Hadhrat Munir Ahmad Azim Sahib (atba) of Mauritius, in hisFriday Sermon of 21
September 2012, spoke about the extraordinary
spiritual revolution brought about by the arrival of Islam in a world of pagan
rituals and animistic practices. The Khalifatullah describes the raising of
prophets as a special Divine blessing for the human kind, for such spiritually-aware
souls provide a living, practical example for the common folks to emulate in
their own individual, spiritual lives.

Read the Extracts
from the Friday Sermon:

“Certainly Allah has conferred a favour upon the
believers by raising among them a Messenger from among themselves, who recites
to them His revelations and purifying them and teaching them the Book and
wisdom, although they had been before in manifest error.” (3: 165).

The expression,
by “by raising among them a Messenger from among themselves”, is
intended to awaken in the hearts of Muslims a desire to follow the example of
the Holy Prophet (sa) who was like them and one of them. The prophet was not
only a man like them but was actually one of them. If he could rise to such spiritual heights, why
could they not?

In his Friday Sermon of 14 September 2012, the Khalifatullah Hadhrat Munir Ahmad Azim Sahib (atba) of Mauritius explained the concept of
Prophethood in Islam. By focussing on the Qur’anic title of the Holy Prophet of
Islam Muhammad (sa)-Khataman-Nabiyyeen- the Khalifatullah points to the colossal
mistakes that have crept into the mainstream belief through the ebb and flow of centuries and the
serious consequences it entailed for the fortunes of the Muslim Ummah. By
closing the door of revelation in the Ummah, Muslims have cut at the “root of all spiritual and temporal understanding”and
deprived itself of the great blessing of
Divine Guidance, points out the Messenger of Allah of our times.

Read the Extracts from the Friday Sermon:

Almighty God
appointed the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa) the holder of the seal. This degree of
excellence was barred to all other prophets since the beginning of time. One,
who meticulously follows his footsteps, can be awarded the attributes of
prophethood. But the Holy Prophet (sa) is gifted with much more than
this. A spiritual and intimate linkage with him can elevate an “Ummati”
to the exalted status of a prophet.

It was thus
that thousands of the followers of the Holy Prophet were converted by his grace
into saints of a high order. But there was to be others
among the Ummah who would be wrapped in the silver linings of a prophet. One was the Mahdi and the Promised Messiah of
the last century and for this century it refers to this humble self, the Muhyi-ud-din Khalifatullah. We are
that person whom the Holy Prophet (sa) had himself described as prophet on four
occasions (Sahih Muslim).

Saturday, September 8, 2012

One of the questions that many people raise is this: what
will be done to the people who reject the Divine Message of an era and His
Messengers?

The grandeur of
the Divine scheme of things is such that the unique Lord, the Almighty Allah,
does what He wills.His Mercy and Forgiveness encompass the
whole world so much so that He may forgive whomsoever He wants. And no one can
question Him as to what He does. The practical operations of the Divine Will, thus, remains for the most
part, shrouded as a matter of profound mystery.Except, of course, what He
teaches and informs His Messengers through the angels and the Spirit of
Holiness. Even His Messengers had only the duty to convey what had been
conveyed to them. They had also been instructed to openly declare that they
would not know about what would be done to them in this life or in the life to
come.

It is plausible to consider that that people might have failed
to recognize the Divine Message as a consequence of the complex circumstances and
varied conditions of social life of their times. The limits of our awareness at a humane level to
factor in all those colours of human situations through our myopic eyes can and
will blur our vision of reality. The essential un-know-ability of the Divine Will also must be kept in mind while
interpreting the mystical, spiritual ideas such as fear of Hell and hope for
Heaven and salvation of the believers and the damnation of the disbelievers,

In his Friday Sermon
of 07 September 2012, the
Khalifatullah Hadhrat Munir Ahmad Azim Sahib (atba) of Mauritius shared some light on
the meaning of these concepts for the benefit of our everyday life. The discourse
of the Messenger of Allah of our times deeply underscores the limits of human
knowledge to comprehend the Divine Will. He exhorts us to “remain ever at the service of God and humanity also
so that you may earn not this world, but everlastingness through your devotion
to God”.

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Polygamy as an institution has been discredited the
world over in our times. Unlike in the medieval times, the patriarchal practice
is now seen as an affront/insult to the dignity of women. In an age of
increasing consciousness about human dignity and the basic rights of women, polygamy
has gone against the grain of societal acceptance as an indulgence by men and worse.
Critics of Islam always frown upon Islam for the perceived/alleged
legitimacy it extends to men through the institution of polygamy. They argue
that it militates against the notions of equality and women’s rights.

The
Mujaddid of the Fourteenth Century, Hadhrat
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) of Qadian engaged with the arguments of the critics
of Islam in several of his writings and even defended the practice from the
point of view of individual liberty and human rights. While Islam recognizes
the practice of polygamy and allows men to take more than one wife at a time, as
the Promised Massih (as) points out, Islam has not made it a compulsory
institution or an obligatory practice on the men.

Marriage
is a bilateral agreement/contract under the Law of Islam. Hence, the parties
are perfectly entitled to design the conditions of agreement/rules of
engagement as well. Muslim women can, if they so wish, certainly determine the
conditions of their marriage and not powerless, as is generally being thought
of. In the search within the Islamic tradition for the empowerment of Muslim
women against the abuse of religious doctrines by the men, the viewpoint of the
Promised Massih (as) has been found to be singularly useful. It is pertinent to
note that in the century that followed since these observations were made by
the Promised Massih (as), the family law reforms in most Islamic countries have
moved in this direction as well.

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Allah (swt) says in the Holy Qur’an:“We have sent down the Qur’an Ourself, and We Ourself will guard it” (15:10)

Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa) states: "Allah shall raise for this Ummah at the head of every century a man (or men) who shall renew (or revive) for it its religion".

Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) states:

“Dear brethren! It is indispensably necessary for heavenly light to descend when darkness prevails. Thus, the Most High God says in the Holy Qur’an, chapter Al-Qadr, giving glad tidings to the believers, that His Word and His Prophet descended from heaven during the Night of Majesty, the Lailat-ul-Qadr, and so does every Mujaddid or reformer who comes from God.”---- (Predominance of Islam, Fatah-e-Islam, p.37)

Bestowed with sublime spiritual titles such as “Mujaddid”, “Muhyi-ud-Din” and “Khalifatullah”,Hadhrat Munir Ahmad Azim Sahib (atba) of Mauritius is Divinely- entrusted with the task of explaining Islam/teaching the Holy Qur'an in our times, the 15th Century of Islam.

'Consider the flight of time! Man is bound to lose himself, except those who believe, do good deeds, urge one another to truth, and urge one another to steadfastness' (HQ, 103:1-4).